, 1887-04-09
Proposals for Indian supplies and
Transportation.
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,

WASHINGTON, March ~, 1885,
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals
for Beef" (bids .or bcef must be submit
ted in separate e%nvelope-). bacon, flour,
or transportation, etc, las the case may
oe), and directed to the commissioner Of
Indian affairs, Chamber of Commerce
building, corner of Third and Chestnut
streets, st. Louis. Missouri, will BE- re-
ceived until | p. IN. of Tuesday, April ~,
1887. for furnishing for the Indian service
about Ss9. 900 pounds bacon, SO, 600, 900
pounds beef on the hoof, 270,000 pounds
beans, 100000 pounds corn, 495, 900
pounds coffee. S,0U0,000 pounds flour,
Sc 900 pounds feed, 1885, 900 pounds hard
bread, $4,000 pounds hominy, $4,000
pounds lard, $50 barrels mess pork, l60,-
900 pounds rice, $500 pounds tea, 3OO,-
600 pounds salt, 100000 pounds sugar.
and $4,000 pounds wheat. Also, trans
portation tor such of the articles, goods
and supplies that may not be contracted
for to be- delivered at the agencies.
Also, proposals indorsed as above. and
directed to the commissioner of Indian
affairs. Nos. IS and CT Wooster street.
New York City, will be received until /
p. M. Of Tuesday, May 3, 1887, for
blankets, wooden and cotton goods. lcon-
sisting in part Of ticking. 10000 yards;
standard calico, l00.0 600 yards; drilling,
l4,0U0 yards; duck, Tree from all sizing,
7S,0O0 yards; denims. II, 900 yards; ging-
ham, 24O, 900 yards; Kentucky jeans, l5,-
600 yards; cheviot, $500 yards; brown
sheeiing, l75,OO0 yards; bleached sheet.
ing. $4,000 yards; hickory shifting, TO-
600 yards: calico shi ting, 5000 yards;
wlnsey, 1900 yard); 1900 pounds of
baking powder: 238 900 pounds of soap;
clothing, groceries, notions, hardware,
medical supplies, school books, etc, and
a long list Of miscellaneous articles, such
as harness, plows, rakes, forks, ETC., and
Tor about 400 wagons required for the
service, to be delivered at Chicago. Kansas
City and Sioux City. Also for such
wagons as may be required, adapted to the
climate of the Pacific coast, with Califor-
mia brakes, delivered at San Francis
co.
Bids must be made out on government
blanks.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles OF subsistence supplies required for
each agency ard school, and the kinds and
quantities in gross, of all other goods and
articles, together with blank proposals,
conditions to be observed by bidders, time
and place OF delivery, terms of contract
and payment, transportation routes, and
all other necessary instructions will be fur
nished upon application to the Indian
Office in Washington. or Nos. 65 and 67
Wooster street, New York; James Lid
.gerwood, 1886 Broadway, New York; the
secretary Of the Merchants Exchange, St.
Louis Missouri; the commissaries OF sub
sistence, U. S. A.. at Cheyenne, Chicago,
~Leavenworth, Omaha, Saint Louis. Saint
Paul and San Francisco; the postmasters
at Sioux City and yankton; and to the
posImasters at the following named places
in Kansas: Arkansas City, Burlington.
Caldwell. Dodge City, Emporia, Eureka,
Great Bend. Howard, Hutchinson,
Larned, Mcpherson, Marion, Medicine
Lodge, Newton, Usage City, Sedan, Ster-
ling, Topeka, Wellington, Wichita and
Winfield.
The right is reserved by the govern
mcnt to reject any and all bids, or any
part of any bid.
Bids will be opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to be
present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by ccrti-
fed checks upon some United States
depository or the First National bank
of Los Angeles, California, for at least
five per cent of the amount Of the pro
posal. q,
j. D. G. ATKINS,
Commissioner.